Ezravdb - Shred 'n Roll SI Lesson

Revision as of 19:21, 24 June 2010

Ezravdb

Soon to be finished -- Fran

Introduction

Hello GMC,

Welcome to my first lesson called "Shred 'N Roll" on the Aspiring Instructors Board. I think you probably have seen me around before but I'll introduce myself anyways

My name is Ezra van den Bosch and I live in Holland.
I'm 15 years old and I've got 3 years left to do on school.
I play the electric guitar from my 14th birthday and I love it.
When I'm not practicing I'm either doing schoolwork or skating/having fun with friends.

My favorite guitarists are Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen I especially like Joe Satriani because of his awesome songwriting skills.

I like playing Classic to Progressive Rock, Metal and Country/Blues styles plus I find shredding fun to do. The bands I like most are Van Halen, Guns 'N Roses and Rage Against The Machine.

Soon I'm going to record a demo with my personal teacher and I'm going to look for a band to join near my hometown.

I hope to be able to teach you lots of stuff on GMC

My Gear

My guitar is an Ibanez RG Prestige with active EMG's and a floating tremolo system (with a whammy bar from a Stratocaster).
I use 1 huge guitar pedal which is the Line6 POD XT Live and I plug that into my computer.

About the lesson

This lesson is in the style of Paul Gilbert (which is in high demand) and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The 2 guitar players mixed together is what I call Blues Shred, which is really fun to play.
Paul Gilbert is popular in the Shred Scene and played in Racer X, Mr. Big and plays solo nowadays.
SRV played in Double Trouble did unbelievable great blues work, and now rests in peace.
Check out SRV's awesome song "Scuttle Buttin'"!!
You'll find some of the licks I used.

The Lesson starts out with a Rage Against The Machine influenced riff in E minor pentatonic with the added blues note (b5).
Then the Bass Guitar and Drums kick in.
The Bass Guitar mainly just plays the same riff as the Rhythm Guitar.
The Drums go with the groove of the Main Riff.

The solo contains some double stops, crazy bends, crazy legato, flashy 16th triplets runs and some bluesy licks.

The piece is at 100 BPM on full speed.
The time signature is 4/4.

Let's Start!!

Main Video & Scales

Main Video: Shred___N_Roll___Ezravdb___GMC.wmv ( 6.73MB )

Parts

Video 1 The Main Riff: Video_1_Main_Riff.wmv ( 4.06MB )

E||--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------|
D||--------------s7--5-------------|
A||-s7--5---5----------7-5---------|
E||-------7---7-6----------7-6-5-3-|

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------s7--5-----7-9-7--|---------------s7--5-------------|-----------------------|
|--s7--5---5----------7-5--------|--s7--5---5----------7-5---------|--5----7----9----12----|
|--------7---7-6-----------------|--------7---7-6----------7-6-5-3-|--3----5----7----10----|

The Main Riff is inspired by RATM which is one of my favourite bands.
I slide with my ringfinger to the 7th fret.
The Blues note makes this riff sound extra cool.

Video 2 Lick 1 SRV: Video_2_Lick_1.wmv ( 4.35MB ) Number of downloads: 1234

|-----------0--------0----------------|
|---------0---0-3b~----3p-0-----------|
|--2b~----------------------3p-2p-0---|
|-----------------------------------2-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

This lick starts with a little grace note on the 2nd fret on the D string which is the root note of the piece.
A grace note is a note which is played really really short and is written on sheet paper really small.(see guitar pro)
The note after the grace note (2nd fret g string) is played with the same finger as the grace note which is the ringfinger.
This Lick is very SRV-ish, check the song Scuttle Buttin' and you'll notice.

Video 3 Lick 2 SRV: Video_3_Lick_2.wmv ( 3.02MB )

|-------------------------------------------|
|--14br---12-14p-12-x-x-12~-----------------|
|--14br---12-14p-12-x-x-12~--2p-0-----------|
|---------------------------------2p-0------|
|--------------------------------------2p-0-|
|-------------------------------------------|

This lick is also in SRV style.
The double stops on the 14th frets are played with the ringfinger, it's with pinky AND ringfinger possible too.
However pulling off is a little bit harder.
The legato lick down the neck can be played with more/other fingers but I prefer just using my ringfinger because I'm used to it.

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